Data specific to Irises (Edit)
Hybridizer: Oscar Schick
Year Of Registration: 2001
Year Of Introduction (May Differ From Registry): 2001
Seedling Number: 93-23 D02
Classification: Tall Bearded (TB)
Registered Height: 36 inches (91 cm)
Bloom Season: Mid
Flower Form: Ruffled
Bloom Color Classification: Copper/Brown
Flower Patterns: Bitone
Bloom Color Description: Dark chocolate standards; very dark chocolate falls
Beard Color: Dark bronze brown
Style Arm Color: Dark chocolate
Fragrance: Slight
Musky

General Plant Information (Edit)
Life cycle: Perennial
Sun Requirements: Full Sun to Partial Shade
Soil pH Preferences: Slightly acid (6.1 – 6.5)
Neutral (6.6 – 7.3)
Slightly alkaline (7.4 – 7.8)
Minimum cold hardiness: Zone 3 -40 °C (-40 °F) to -37.2 °C (-35)
Maximum recommended zone: Zone 9b
Flowers: Showy
Fragrant
Underground structures: Rhizome
Propagation: Seeds: Will not come true from seed
Propagation: Other methods: Division
Ploidy: Tetraploid
Parentage: Lady Fire X 90-05E01: (Parquet x Spanish Leather)
Child plants: 2 child plants

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Uploaded by Betja
Location: Home in Yuba City, CA
Date: 2012-4
Chocolate Ecstasy Iris
Location: God's Garden - Atwater CA
Date: Spring 2014
Location: Santa Cruz Mountains, California
Date: 2017-04-17
Location: Gretje's Garden,  Cottonwood CA
Date: 2024-04-12
Uploaded by Muddymitts
Location: Richlands, NC
Location: God's Garden - Atwater CA
Date: Spring 2014
Location: Elk Grove, CA
Date: 4/14/17
Location: Elk Grove, CA
Date: 4/14/17
Location: God's Garden - Atwater CA
Date: April 2014
Location: Cisco, Tx 
Date: 2021-04-15
Uploaded by Betja

Photo courtesy of Blue J Iris Used with permission.
Location: God's Garden - Atwater CA
Date: March 29, 2015

Photo courtesy of Napa Country Iris Garden

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